#F36042#F36042

#F36042 is a light, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.278; OKLCH L 67.4% C 0.187 H 33.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F36042
RGB	rgb(243, 96, 66)
HSL	hsl(10, 88%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(10, 73%, 95%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.5%, 72.8%, 4.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.73, 54.84, 45.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.73, 71.41, 39.84°)
OKLab	oklab(67.36% 0.1562 0.1027)
OKLCH	oklch(67.36% 0.187 33.3)
XYZ	xyz(42.1328, 27.8196, 8.3043)
Luminance	0.2781 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F36042 #42D5F3

analogous

#F3427D #F36042 #F3B842

triadic

#F36042 #42F360 #6042F3

tetradic

#F36042 #7DF342 #42D5F3 #B842F3

square

#F36042 #7DF342 #42D5F3 #B842F3

split-complementary

#F36042 #42F3B8 #427DF3

monochromatic

#AF270B #E9340F #F36042 #F7907C #FAC1B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.20

#F36042 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.56

#F36042 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #F36042

6.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F36042	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F36042	1.00	3.20	6.56	6.56
#FFFFFF	3.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#897C3E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9C3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF3D5A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f36042;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(243, 96, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.4% 0.187 33.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ff9278',
    500: '#f36042',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f36042;
$custom-light: #ff9278;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f36042",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 243,
    "g": 96,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.169,
    "s": 88.06,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67365,
    "c": 0.18689,
    "h": 33.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.27814
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F36042

secondary

#A7DFEA

accent

#BEE501

background

#FFF9F7

surface

#FFF2ED

border

#D7CCC8

text

#1A0D09

muted

#877E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #F36042

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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